The Department of Health and Community Service estimates an additional 34,000 people will now be eligible for the provincial breast screening program. (Damian Dovarganes/The Associated Press ...
Manitoba's health minister is urging caution as the province mulls lowering the breast cancer screening age to 40.
Canada's guidelines for routine breast cancer screenings will remain unchanged, despite mounting pressure from medical ...
The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care has been reviewing its current advice that women start routine breast cancer screening at age 50. It holds firm on that position, and on previous ...
All provinces and territories should lower the starting age for breast cancer screening to 40, the Canadian Cancer Society said Thursday. Some provinces already pay for mammograms starting at age ...
Newfoundland and Labrador has lowered the recommended age for breast cancer screenings from age 50 to 40. The decision, announced Tuesday by Premier Andrew Furey, was based on a recommendation ...
A national task force that provides guidance for primary health-care providers is not lowering the recommended breast cancer screening age to 40, despite urging from several cancer specialists ...
Newfoundland and Labrador is catching up to other provinces, like B.C., Nova Scotia, P.E.I and others, which all allow women to access routine mammograms in their 40s. Premier Andrew Furey says ...